1st Line Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

First Line Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 58 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.22% 0.60% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £143 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £104 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.21% - -
75th Percentile £148 £135 -
90th Percentile - £153 -
East of England median daily rate £163 £104 £106
% change year-on-year +56.01% -1.97% -39.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.10 -
East of England median hourly rate - £15.10 -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 376 600 703
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.30% 89.69% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 236 408
10th Percentile £225 £233 £231
25th Percentile £413 £322 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £675
90th Percentile £695 £625 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 218 129
10th Percentile £18.18 £15.73 £16.91
25th Percentile £31.98 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £53.25 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.13 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £41.48 £47.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -12.68% +72.73% +38.82%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in Hertfordshire

1st Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire

1st Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire

1st Line Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
St Albans - 1 £145 -
1st Line Engineer
East of England

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, 1st Line Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving